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Provider error '80004005' Unspecified error /asp/index.asp, line 94

I receive the above error in my asp file for some unknown reason of which you may download in the link below. This page is meant for IE only and for the past 3 hours this unhelpful error keeps pestering me. Jumping from line 47 to 94 and back.

Also, are there any good techniques for decrypting MS's crappy way of displaying their error messages?

Is database.mdb located in the same directory as the asp files?
Isn't it a better idea to put the databases in a separate folder? Then you can set the special permissions needed (write etc) for this folder only

It happens if I accidently have the database I am running via the script open when I hit refresh. I can see how that might pose a problem but shouldn't ASP handle it like VB does and just quit trying to access it and reset the status?

.....then change it, cos it only works when it feels like it in my experience. I have received that error after hours of successful operation in an ASP 3.0 app and neither rebooting nor restarting IIS fixed the problem, so in the end I changed the provider and it has never ever happened since.